The price-earnings ratio, or P/E, is the most commonly quoted investment statistic, but have you ever considered what it actually means? For most people it's a shorthand way of deciding how highly the
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An ideal introduction to Gibbs' poetic world, The Essential Robert Gibbs collects some of the finest, most thought-provoking works from throughout his career. Sometimes compared to Gerard Manley Hopki
The "how-to" guide for a new generation of farmers from the author of Farm City and a leading urban garden educator. In this indispensable guide, Farm City author Novella Carpenter and Willow Rosen
This volume includes some of the path-breaking essays by well-known psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar on themes ranging from Hindu childhood, modern mysticism, and India's healing traditions to male-female
Comprehensively addresses all the issues associated with IBS, an increasingly common disorder. One in five Americans has symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and yet it still often takes the aver
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The Sopranos is recognized as the most successful cable series in the history of television. The Washington Post has called the popular series, winner of twenty-one Emmys and five Golden Globes, "the
William James (1842-1910), like influential fellow American pragmatist John Dewey, was at the forefront of philosophical psychology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Shook (philosophy, U. of
A selection of the most important works of Egypt's Nobel literature laureate.Naguib Mahfouz, the first and only writer of Arabic to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature, wrote prolifically from t
The founding of Home Box Office in the early 1970s was a harbinger of the innovations that transformed television as an industry and a technology in the decades that followed. HBO quickly became syno
This is the sixth volume in The Porcupines Quill's Essential Poets series. The Essential Margaret Avison provides an excellent introduction to this distinguished Canadian poet and the evolution of he
This special 10th-anniversary collection combines two of the best-loved North Light watercolor guides available: The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook and The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook: Land
In Ethics: The Essential Writings, philosopher Gordon Marino skillfully presents an accessible, provocative anthology of both ancient and modern classics on matters moral. The philosophers represent 2
The Essential Historiography Reader, not only details the history of historical practice and explains historical theories and philosophies in language that is accessible to college undergraduates, it
At first sight Gjirokastra appears extravagantly fanciful - an oriental vision of towering stone mansions clinging to the sheer sides of the valley. Dominated by a mighty limestone fortress that thrus
Presents a guide for new parents on properly caring for an infant, from pregnancy to its first year, and includes tips on feeding, sleeping, and crying, as well as providing new insights to infants' n
Choose Your Weapons opens with a sensation-the last ministerial duel in British political history. This involved two highly contrasting Foreign Secretaries, Castlereagh and Canning. Although both surv
In a career that spanned more than half a century, Kenneth Leslie published six books of poetry, including By Stubborn Stars, which won the Governor-General's medal in 1938. He also created The Prote
Explore common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time with THE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY, 6e. This brief overview of world history covers politic
The Essential World History presents a brief balanced, highly-readable overview of world history that explores common challenges and experiences that unile the human past and that identity key global
Explore common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time with THE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY, 6e. This brief overview of world history covers politic
Jonathan Edwards was a colonial, philosophical preacher and theologian. To many he stands as the preeminent theologian and thinker of the American tradition. This series offive book
“We always have a choice to live the moment as a cause of resentment or as a cause for joy.”—Henri Nouwen (1932–1996) The insights of Henri Nouwen have shown millions of people how to choose joy in a
Twelve songs arranged in guitar tab with full lyrics from this popular blues guitarist. Includes: Barley and Grape Rag * Calling Card * Continental Op * Do You Read Me * I Fall Apart * In Your Town *
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The third in a celebrated Porcupine's Quill series of `Essential Poets' that already includes The Essential George Johnston (2007), and The Essential P. K. Page (2008). Volumes in preparation include
This is the second volume in our `Essential Poets' series. Our aim is to provide the best possible introduction to a prominent Canadian poet by selecting key works that carry the essence of an indivi
The ultimate guide to the man behind the mask . . . and the mythology behind the man.“Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot. So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I mus
This pocket (4x6") dictionary contains about 3,000 entries written in plain language, focusing on terms that students, lawyers, and laymen are most likely to encounter when dealing with the law. Black
This pocket (4x6") dictionary contains about 3,000 brief entries written in plain language. Terms are placed in context with examples, common synonyms, and cross references. Lists of abbreviations and
Highlights from the social and political philosopher's best-known works include lengthy selections from Common Sense, The American Crisis, The Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason.
The late antique world possessed no voice like that of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (A.D. 121-180). His meditations on what constitutes a good life have withstood the centuries and reach us today wi
